Activities of Mojca KLEVA KEKUŠ related to 2013/2156(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2012 PDF (273 KB) DOC (152 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the gender pay gap and consequently the gender pension gap is still one of the main reasons women find themselves below the poverty line at a later stage in their lives;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to increase the participation of women in the labour market as well as to fight gender segregation in the labour market as the future economic prosperity of the EU depends crucially on its ability to fully utilise its labour resources;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee decent wages and pensions, reduce the gender pay and pension gap, create more high quality jobs for women as well as enable women to benefit from public services of a high standard and improve welfare provisions;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to introduce gender budgeting with the intention of analysing not only programmes that are specifically targeted at women, but also to examine all government programmes and policies, their effects on resource allocation and their contribution to equality between women and men;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly urges the Member States to increase their investment in public services, particularly health services relating to sexual and reproductive health; stresses that Member States should ensure that all women share the same rights when it comes to contraception, maternity or sexuality and calls therefore on the Member States to collect data in order to know the situation faced by women regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that fiscal tightening should not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that in order to promote the participation of women in decision- making, measures need to be set in motion to combat gender-based discrimination as well as stereotypes and prejudices about the role of women, along with specific policies to support equal rights and opportunities in economic, social, political and cultural life (to combat irregular and unforeseeable working hours, applying fair remuneration and equal pay and expand public childcare, nursery and school networks,) with the positive effect of strengthening women’s participation in all levels of social and political life;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the low participation of women in decision-making is affected by obstacles such as the lack of supportive environment, the persistence of gender- based stereotypes and the consequences of the economic crisis and its negative effects on gender equality;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights that gender equality in decision-making is especially important in these times of crisis as it has been acknowledged that more women in top economic positions bring strong organisational and financial company performance as well as better quality of decision-making, while improved female representation in top political positions is an essential requirement for the functioning of a democratic society;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that Member States should introduce measures to encourage career progression of women at all levels through positive actions such as networking and mentoring programmes;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health services in the area of support to women subjected to violence and that they increase the number of refuges and their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities, in a range of languages and where women would be offered adequate legal assistance as well as psychological counselling and therapy;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to promote the collaboration between Member States and women NGOs and organisations in order to prepare and implement an efficient strategy to fight violence against women;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the need to ensure continued funding for programmes that promote gender equality and the fight against all types of violence against women, children and young people in order to tackle the deeply rooted stereotypes in our society;